Obituary of dancer/choreographer Jerome Robbins, includes biographical information, career highlights and accomplishments, and comments from dance critcs and contemporaries.

Article from February, 2003, detailing the events surrounding the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Doctors use modern technology to determine the last meal of Oetzi, the Iceman who was discovered in 1991 who lived approximately 5,300 years ago.

Artifacts found with the Oetzi iceman.

Scientific reconstruction of what Oetzi iceman might have looked like.

Activity based on the use of computer enhanced molecular images, might be worth the effort for an AP class to try.

ESPN provides detailed highlights on the career of legendary multi-talented athlete and golfer, Babe Didrikson. Among her many awards are AP Female Athlete of the Year and ESPN's tenth greatest athlete of the century.

Learn interesting facts about legendary athlete Jim Thorpe. He was voted the AP's "The Greatest Athlete of the First Half of the Century, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, a minor league baseball player, and an Olympic track...

This site from BBC News provides an article which discusses the rule and leadership of Robert Mugabe, the Marxist leader of Zimbabwe. Author comments on the methods used by Mugabe and his party to stay in power. 2/2004

Reprints of drawings by Peter Rindisbacher completed in 1822 outside the Red River Colony in Manitoba are presented in this web page that is part of a National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. It shows the...

Biography of the current president of Venezuela. Good informative is given, along with several pictures of Hugo Chavez. The information is factual, but not too in-depth, actually it is fairly easy to understand.

Biography of the current president of Venezuela. Good informative is given, along with several pictures of Hugo Chavez. The information is factual, but not too in-depth, actually it is fairly easy to understand.

An article that describes the recent efforts to maintain a democratic system in Guatemala which has been subject to a civil war for many years.

Outlines the problems of the urban populations in Subsaharan African countries. Examines why the people move into these communities and why they get stuck there.

A profile of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito from the BBC. Article is from January, 2006.

FEMA director, Michael Brown, has been recalled from New Orleans in this September, 2005, report. Brown, FEMA, and the Department of Homeland Security had been heavily criticized for their responses to Hurricane Katrina.

Article that discusses the formation of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, the return home of many who were evacuated by Hurricane Katrina, continued and flooding problems. A video report accompanies this article. Article is from September,...

This famous portrait in Canadian History by John T. Lee, showing the capture of the American Chesapeake during the War of 1812 by the British HMS Shannon, is reproduced on the Living Memory website from the National Library of Canada.

A seller of military antiques provides information on the historic battles of the War of 1812, including the American invasion of Canada and subsequent conflict at Lacolle Mills, Lower Canada. Included are illustrations of soldiers'...

The BBC provides a general overview of the country of Israel and Palestinian Territories. Content includes a focus on Israeli and Palestinian recent history, leaders and media. There are also video and audio clips of recent events.

This is the original Proclamation document for the patriation of the constitution, signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Trudeau.

This is an original excerpt from Sir Sanford Fleming's notebook that he kept while he was Chief Surveyor for the Quebec-Halifax Railway. It is interesting to see how he liked to illustrate his writing.

An image of A.P. Hill.

An image of Bill Haley.